CSM Users' Meeting 2010

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All CSM Instruments users are cordially invited to this year’s Annual Users’ Meeting 2010 on the 27th & 28th of October in Montreux, Switzerland.
This event is focused on the advanced mechanical characterization of our instruments.

Please join our team for an excellent opportunity in which you can freely share your technical experiences, knowledge, and results with other CSM instruments users. It’s also a great chance for you to ask questions, learn more about our instruments, and find out about the latest development of our products (software, hardware…)

Please note that this event will be preceded by an advanced training day (October 26th) composed of an Indentation course. This 1 day course will give an overview of instrumented indentation techniques (standard and advanced mode.)

The two days are filled with numerous learning opportunities and informative lectures including ones by our invited speakers:

> Dr. Christophe TROMAS
Laboratoire de Physique des Materiaux
UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS (France)

> Dr. Mikael OLSSON
Department of Materials Science and Surface
Hogskolan Dalarna University (Sweden)

//// Program:

//// Wednesday 27th October

08:30 – 09:00   Registration

09:00 – 09:15  Welcome to the CSM Users’ Meeting 2010
Mr. Jacques Françoise, CEO of CSM Instruments

09:15 – 10:15  CSM Introduction of our new products
Mr. Philippe Kempe, CSM Sales manager

1015 – 1030   Coffee Break

> Morning Session > Chairman: Dr. Michael Olsson

10:30 – 11:30   HARDNESS CARTOGRAPHY IN 3D AND DISLOCATION INTERACTION MECHANISMS: APPLICATIONS OF NANOINDENTATION IN MICRO/NANO MECHANICS
Dr. Christophe TROMAS, Université de Poitiers (France)

11:30 – 12:00   Reproducibility and Accuracy (trueness and precision) of Nanoindentation Test Results in light of the revision of ISO 14577
Dr. Michael Griepentrog, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing - BAM, Berlin (Germany)

12:00 – 12:30   Study of PVD coatings by Nanoindentation to develop a standard reference nanomaterial of elastic modulus
Dr. M.I. Petrzhik, National University of Science & Technology "MISIS" Moscow (Russia)

12:30 - 14:00   Lunch in hotel Pre-Alpina

> Afternoon Session > Chairman: Dr. Jiri Nohava, CSM Instruments

14:00 - 14:20   Mapping of hardness and elastic modulus along the interface of diffusion coatings
Dr. Giovanni Bolelli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)

14:20 – 14:40   Micro Hardness characterization of as-quenched glassy alloys
Dr. Zoltán Pál, Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest (Hungary)

14:40 – 15:00   Protective coatings for silicon and stainless steel surfaces
Dr. G.K. Zhavnerko, Institute of Chemistry of New Materials of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

15:00 – 15:20   Performances of hybrid organic-inorganic coatings for wood flooring application
Dr. Xabier Errotabehere, RESCOLL Centre Technologique, Pessac (France)

15:20 – 15:50   Coffee Break

15:50 – 16:10   Physical Scratch Test
Dr. Norbert Schwarzer, Siomec (Germany)

16:10 – 16:30   Significance of indentation and scratch testing on thermally-sprayed coatings
Dr. B. Bonferroni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)

16:30 – 16:50   Roughness effect on the friction behaviour of polymer surface
Dr. Anne Rubin, Institut Charles Sadron CNRS, Strasbourg (France)

16:50 – 17:10   Viscoelastic Scratch behaviour of polymers containing hard and soft fillers
Dr. Luca Andena, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)

17:45 – 19:00   Surprise tour organized by CSM Instruments

19:00 – 22:00   Official dinner

//// Thursday 3rd October

09:00 – 10:00  New evolution of CSM products (Software and Hardware)
Mr. Bertrand Bellaton, CSM R&D manager

10:00 – 10:30    Coffee Break

> Morning Session > Chairman: Dr. Christophe TROMAS

10:30 – 11:30   Invited speaker:
EVALUATION OF THE MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL REPONSE OF VARIOUS
TRIBO_MATERIALS USING INDENTATION; SCRATCH TESTING AND PIN_ON_DISK TESTING
Dr. Mikael OLSSON, Dalarna University (Sweden)

11:30 – 11:50   Mechanical and adhesive properties of hybrid sol-gel coatings
Dr. Viviane Turq, CIRIMAT-UMR CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (France)

11:50 – 12:10   Test of tribological properties of hard nitride and oxynitride coatings produced by rotating cathodes arc­ PVD
Dr. Pascal Dessarzin, PLATIT AG (Switzerland)

12:10 – 12:30   Friction and wear behaviours of Ti(C,O,N) dark decorative coatings
Dr. D. Munteanu, Transilvania University Brasov (Romania)

12:30 – 14:00   Lunch

> Afternoon Session > Chairman: Msc Nicolas Conte

14:00 – 14:20   Ultra Nanoindentation measurements on malaria infected red blood cells
Dr. C. Kothari, University of Mumbai (India)

14:20 – 14:40   Nanoindenter tip optimization for soft materials
Eng. Marc Farine, ETH Zürich (Switzerland)

14:40 – 15:00   Mechanical properties of hard phases in Metal Matrix Composites and their influence on wear resistance
Dr. Stephan Huth, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)

15:00 – 15:20   Mechanical characterization of Fe-Al intermetallic coatings on the P92 steel by means of Nanoindentation
Dr. G.. Alcalá, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)

15:20 – 15:50   Coffee Break

15:50 – 16:10   On the Tribological characterization of polymeric and ceramic coatings
Dr. Umberto Galietti, Politecnico di Bari (Italy)

16:10 – 16:30   Examination of polyurethane stent coating with Micro Combi Tester
Dr. Péter Ozsváth, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary)

16:30 – 16:50   Characterization of cohesion of selected HVOF coatings by scratch testing on cross-section
Dr. Jiri NOHAVA, CSM Instruments, Peseux (Switzerland)

16:50 – 17:00   Conclusion and round table

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If you require further assistance or information, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Gregory FAVARO by phone +41 (32) 557 56 22 or email: Gregory.FAVARO@csm-instruments.com

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